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Q&A: The Limits of Twitter

Is there a maximum number of people I can “follow” on Twitter or, who can follow me?

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Twitter does impose limits on the number of people you can follow from your account. But that number is fairly high: 2,000. The company states that this is to avoid strain on the system and to limit abuse to its service — most likely from spammers or other opportunists seeking to make a buck.

The company does not limit the number of people who can follow your account. Twitter does have other technical limits for account use. You can post up to 1,000 updates a day, (with retweets from other users counting in the update total) and you can send up to 250 direct messages a day to other Twitter members. An article on the Twitter site has more information on the company’s policies.

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